BIB_ID
404383
Accession number
MA 8916
Creator
Sarony, Napoleon, 1821-1896, photographer.
Published
New York, [1882]
Credit line
Purchased on the Drue Heinz Fund, 2017.
Description
1 photographic print ; 145 x 104 mm; on card: 165 x 107 mm
Notes
Photograph is mounted to a card with "Oscar Wilde / Copyright 1882, by N. Sarony. / 37 Union Sqr., N.Y." printed below.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed to Edward W. Bok, and signed and dated by Wilde New York City, May 12, 1882.
Provenance
Peter O'Toole; purchased on the Drue Heinz Fund, 2017.
Summary
A cabinet card with a sepia-toned three-quarter-length, three-quarter profile portrait of Oscar Wilde, wearing a fur-trimmed coat and holding a walking stick.
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